Otirā, kua whakamārōkia he taura e ngā Māori, whiti ana ki tētahi ki tētahi taha o te awa, he mea here ki te pou, he paraka ia, kei te taura rā, ko te rua o ngā taura i rā rototia i te paraka, ā ko te pito, e ia here ki te waka (MM.TKM 1/7/1862:3). / But the Māori have stretched a rope across the river, fastened to a post on each side, and on this rope is a block and there is a second rope that goes through the block, through which is another rope, and this is fastened to the canoe.

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